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The Dairyman JANUARY 2010 21
NEWS
potential entrants to learn more about the
awards, the entry process, meet people and
have some fun.
Guest speakers included LIC product
manager Nicky Bowden talking about
MINDA Mobile and animal evaluation
manager Bill Montgomerie.
"There is nothing like the power of
choosing your genetics from the four mil-
lion national herd."
He said New Zealand was not doing well
enough at a genetic level yet but genomics
might help. He questioned whether local
farmers were breeding cows robust enough
for pasture based systems.
"As we improve cows, we are increasing
their appetites driven by the udder's demand
to produce more milk," he said.
"You have to increase their feed intake;
they can't turn fresh air into milk solids."
He said the challenge for New Zealand
dairy farmers to compete with the rest of the
world was to stay efficient by keeping costs
down and that current achievements had
been achieved through effective networking
with farmers over a 50 to 60-year period.
"You here will be the industry leaders of
the future and there are all sorts
of commercial drivers that are
making it harder to achieve, so
try as best you can whenever any
big issue arises to ask your-
selves: is this levering up the
knowledge of New Zealand
dairy farmers to the best possible
advantage?"
"As you make leadership deci-
sions in the future remember
this: 'if you don't hang together
you will get hung together'."
The dairy awards are support-
ed by Westpac, DairyNZ, Ecolab, Federated
Farmers, Fonterra, Honda Motorcycles NZ,
LIC, Meridian Energy, Ravensdown and
RD1, along with industry partner
Agriculture ITO.
rachel.mcnaughton@xtra.co.nz
Left: Waikato Mooloo crew, from left:
Waikato regional convenors Brock and
Janine Fiske, 2009 Waikato sharemilkers
of the Year and national runners- up
Craig and Brooke Littin, 2009 Manawatu
Sharemilkers of the Year Rowan and
Rachel Baker and Waikato's 2009 Farm
Manager of the Year and the national
runner-up Zarsha Osborne.
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